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01 Apr 2010 10:49

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World: Pirates apparently aren’t aware that the U.S. Navy is powerful

  • cause A bunch of suspected pirates attempted to attack the U.S. Navy ship, the USS Nicholas, which was in the Indian Ocean. You know, a powerful U.S. Navy ship with a massive crew.
  • effect The crew returned fire, chased after the suspected pirates’ skiff, sank it, arrested them, went to the mothership and arrested THOSE suspected pirates. In all, five stupid people were arrested. source
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26 Dec 2009 10:44

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World: Twitter reflects on the Indian Ocean tsunami, five years ago

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26 Dec 2009 10:28

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World: Today’s the fifth anniversary of the major Indian Ocean tsunami

  • 250,000 died in the quake’s aftermath – the largest disaster death toll in modern times, easily
  • 170,000 died on Indonesia’s Aceh province alone; those who survived were devastated source
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30 Jun 2009 11:13

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World: Miracle in the Yemen plane crash: A child recovered, alive

  • Most of the other victims haven’t been found yet. Unlike the Air France crash in the Atlantic Ocean, where there was no hope of survivors, Yemenia Airways Flight 626, which crashed in the Indian Ocean, has at least one survivor. Five other bodies have been found so far. The plane the passengers were riding in, the Airbus A310-300, had a number of faults when it was inspected in 2007 in France, but hadn’t been checked since. Fingers crossed that they find more victims alive. source
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30 Jun 2009 00:53

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World: The Indian Ocean gets its own deadly plane crash to deal with

  • 160 people were on the plane that crashed in Comoros source
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